(a)

1. (1) All swine undergoing a change of ownership or lease must be identified with an official premise identification by official ear tag, tattoo, or other approved device prior to change of ownership or lease.
2. (2) Ear notches are not an official identification.

(b)

1. (1) All breeding swine sold within the state must:

   1. (A) Be tested negative for pseudorabies and brucellosis within thirty (30) days of sale; or
   2. (B) Originate from a qualified validated commercial production swine herd.
2. (2) Breeding swine purchased and sampled at Arkansas markets will be quarantined to purchaser’s premise until results of tests are known, or they may be quarantined to a feeding floor until slaughter.
3. (3) It is recommended that all swine purchased for breeding purposes be retested thirty to sixty (30 – 60) days after movement.

(c) General requirements for change of ownership:

1. (1) All swine forty pounds (40 lbs.) or over entering a market must be identified with a premise identification on an official ear tag or other approved device prior to unloading;
2. (2) Ear tags or other approved devices which contain a premise identification may be removed only at slaughter;

3. (3) An Arkansas surveyed herd shall, based on an epidemiological risk assessment, be tested negative a maximum of once quarterly and a minimum of at least once yearly for pseudorabies and brucellosis at a rate of:

   1. (A) If less than thirty (30) pigs, test all; or
   2. (B) If more than thirty (30) pigs, test a minimum of thirty (30) head;

4. (4) All swine sold or leased within the state shall:

   1. (A) Be tested negative for pseudorabies and brucellosis within thirty (30) days prior to sale;
   2. (B) Originate directly from a qualified-validated herd;
   3. (C) Originate directly from a feeder-pig-monitored herd; or
   4. (D) Have met the requirements for an Arkansas surveyed herd;
5. (5) Any swine originating from an Arkansas farm entering a market for sale that do not meet these requirements shall be individually identified and quarantined to the farm of origin until the requirements for an Arkansas surveyed herd are met;
6. (6) The State Veterinarian or designated epidemiologist may modify any testing rates based on epidemiological, safety, or disease status factors;

7. (7)

   1. (A) All testing for change of ownership, including Arkansas surveyed herds, may be done at the owner’s expense by a private veterinary practitioner or by an agent of the State Veterinarian.
   2. (B) It is the responsibility of both the seller and purchaser to see that the test is done;

8. (8)

   1. (A) The auction market or dealer shall maintain identification of all animals in each consignment sufficient to determine the herd of origin and the buyer or buyers for all swine within the consignment.
   2. (B) The market or dealer shall ensure that each consignment meets the testing requirements prior to release of any portion of the consignment from the premises of the market.
   3. (C) Auction markets shall maintain records of all movements of swine going back to the farm to include:

(i) Identification numbers;

1. (ii) Number and kind; and

   1. (iii) Buyer and seller and their complete addresses; and
2. (9) Feeding swine sold directly to slaughter from the farm of origin shall be exempt from testing requirements if under the authority of a slaughter sale agreement approved by the State Veterinarian and shall be individually identified with an official ear tag.